New Delhi, Jan. 31 -- There were only 10 reported cases of Guinea worm infections confined to three countries in 2025, a historic low announced Friday by The Carter Center.

The new mark comes barely a year after the death of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, who often said he hoped to outlive the Guinea worm. When the former president's center launched an eradication program in the mid-1980s, the parasite still afflicted millions of people in developing countries.

"We think about President Carter's legacy" and his push to get to zero cases, said Adam Weiss, director of the center's Guinea worm eradication program, in an interview. "These might not be seen as the number one problems in the world, but they are the number one problems fo...